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INTRODUCING GREAT WHITES Picture it. It’s a hot summer day and you’re vacationing at the beach with your family. The sun is shining, not a cloud in the sky, and you’re swimming in the ocean, having a fun time with your friends. You’re laughing and joking, and then you go silent: you can feel your heart pounding as you see a large gray fin pop up from between the waves. You scream, “SHARK!” and panic ensues. Your heart beats fast. You and your friends frantically swim to the shore as fast as you can, and then breathlessly you look back at the sea, thankful that you survived an encounter with one of nature’s most-feared creatures—the great white shark.

Few ocean animals strike fear into the hearts of swimmers, divers, and fishermen quite like the great white shark.

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